Extremely sick, need help, Hives, high calcium, low TSH

Ive been sick ever since I took an antibiotic. I only took one. Ive been breaking out in hives.

I took prednisone for them but they came back.

My doctor recently prescribed me 20mg prednisone 2 times a day. I took one dose and about 5-6 hours I felt like I was going through withdrawl (withdrawal).

I was extremely extremely sick.

I also have a low TSH and blood calcium of 10.5.

I feel so sick right now. Ive been taking 5mg of prednisone by breaking the tablets but its not helping at all, i mean its helping the hives, but I feel short of breath, dizzy, confused, light headed, tired, weak ect.. Why am I going through prednisone withdrawl (withdrawal) after taking 1 20mg dose?

An antibiotic robs you of nutrients. You should always take vitamins with it. As to your hives, usually they are a symptom of allergy. Have you been tested for allergies? Prednisone is bad news. Be very careful with it. Are you being treated for your thyroid problem? The short of breath business might be asthma, brought on by allergy. The dizzinesss, confusion, weakness could be hypoglycemia.

Often hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia and adrenal malfunction are connected. I would see an endocrynologist. And I would see an allergist too.

This is probably not related, but in the last six months I've been having extreme panic attacks and shortness of breath. I also have become allergic to everything including gluten and corn (I have never had this before). Everything I eat seems to bring on heart racing and panic attacks other than a few select foods. I just found out my calcium level is also high. I get dizzy and lightheaded all the time too. Yours could be from the prednisone though, but I have similar symptoms just from my plain old messed up hashimotos and whatever else they haven't found yet. Good luck.

It was prednisone and inhaled steroids (for emphysema) that gave me adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue with high cortisol in the early stages causes anxiety and panic attacks. Since high cortisol depletes vitamin B5, high dosages of that vitamin help enormously. I take that and ashwagandha (Indian ginseng) which normalizes cortisol.

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